I spent a couple hours on iherb in Nov/Dec, searching for lowhistaminechef's qualities. I settled on the first 2 of the 3 linked below. My other requirements were ability to ship w/o ice, and no lactose, no prebiotics, to suit my GAPS diet. In addition to these two, I alternate w/ soil-based Prescript Assist.

@maryb, I can't say. When I ask my body, it seems happier w/ these than w/ the ones I'd been using. I'm finally on top of my histamine responses after more than a decade of near-constant outbreaks. I've also been using rutin, royal jelly, and quercetin to good effect. cheers, ahmo

The strains of L. plantarum and Lactococ- cus lactis subsp. lactis isolated in our laboratory possessing important probiotic characteristics (Pian- pumepong & Noomhorm, 2010) could be recommended as potential functional or starter organisms as they did not produce BA. The accumulation of BA in foods requires the presence of precursor amino acids, micro- organisms possessing decarboxylase enzyme activity and favourable conditions for the growth and decarboxyl- ation (ten Brink et al., 1990). Therefore, results of BA formation in laboratory media will not imply the similar behaviour in food systems. Hence, careful screening of probiotic LAB at the level of a strain and in the particular food system should be taken into consideration in order to improve the quality and safety of fermented foods.

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They grew the strains in isolation, which seems to be an issue that they acknowledge in food.

I did this when I was having diarrhea, and used S Boulardii caps, which are often used for this purpose. It was effective. I was doing coffee enemas 1-2x/month. Now, I'm at the opposite extreme, and have been actively detoxxing, doing coffee enemas 4 days on, 2 days off. I initially emptied one of my other probi caps in, but I'm not self-testing + to add them, so I'm not.

I'm woefully under-educated and under-informed on histamine, and all it's aspects. I did however, start taking Liposomal Vitamin C recently, in part because it's known to reduce histamine levels. In searching for a quick reference to this, I ran across an article that mentions iodine can also be responsible for high histamine levels in the body. So... here's a link:

be very careful with that... first of all, not all bacteria has a place in colon. Generally strains of Lacto belongs in Small Intestine and Bifido belongs in the large intestine.... so I hope you made sure to look at the label to see what kind of bacteria you are putting up there... putting what belongs in the small intestine in the large intestine will cause new problems!